Jack Johnson From Here to Now to You 2/6/2003

Jack Johnson From Here to Now to You 2/6/2003On his 2013 album From Here to Now to You, the surfing soft rock superstar Jack Johnson continues the subtle shift in his sound that began on his previous album, To the Sea. Like he did there, Johnson again spices up the sweet and sleepy acoustic ballads that are his claim to fortune and fame with some songs that have a little more bubbly, uptempo pop in their DNA. He and his able band put some surprising bounce in lighthearted rockers like "Shot

like the thick

The album follows the equally adventurous I'm with You (2011) and once again showcases guitarist Josh Klinghoffer

and the title track was nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Performance

Proclaiming himself as Flower Boy T with that gravelly voice and irascible disposition befitting a proprietor of a rust-belt collision shop

when I started rapping and doing music that I would be here right now playing wind instruments

Faith Evans

From the churning chords and expansive chorus of the opener (cheekily titled "Our Lawyer Made Us Change the Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued")

Da Ranjahz

Even with that change of pace

brought the trio back together

A very "MGMT MGMT album" which the band describes as "a group of songs about love and change

Sampling Louis Prima's swinging holiday track "What Will Santa Claus Say